Bengaluru: India put up a spectacular show to trounce the Netherlands by a staggering 160 runs in their last league-stage game of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.
- 9.33 pm
Skipper Rohit Sharma dismissed Teja Nidamanuru (54 off 39 balls), who was caught by Mohammed Shami in the deep as India bundled out the Netherlands for 250 in 47.5 overs and registered a whooping 160-run win over the minnows. Teja, who hammered one four and as many as six maximums, was the last man to be dismissed as the Chinnaswamy crowd erupted in joy. - 9.23 pm
Pacer Jasprit Bumrah was at his best again - this time the Gujarat pacer cleaned up Aryan Dutt (5) in the 47th over as India was just one wicket away from registering a win. - 9.20 pm
Teja Nidamanuru with his power-hitting was perhaps impressing the Indian Premier League franchises and was reducing the margin of the defeat. - 9.07 pm
The Netherlands lost their seventh and eighth wicket in quick succession as India was just two wickets away from a win. - 8.57 pm
The Netherlands needed an improbable 211 runs from the last nine overs. The million-dollar question is that whether the Dutch will be bundled out or play full 50 overs. - 8.46 pm
India pacer Mohammed Siraj cleaned up Sybrand Engelbrecht (45 off 80 balls) in the 38th over as the Dutch lost their sixth wicket. India was just four wickets away from a win and remaining unbeaten in the league stage. - 8.36 pm
Sybrand Engelbrecht and Teja Nidamanuru were just delaying the inevitable as it was an herculean task for the Dutch. It was just a matter of time for India. The duo so far added 25 runs for the unbroken sixth wicket and were taking on a formidable Indian attack with gusto. - 8.18 pm
Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah cleaned up Bas de Leede (12 off 21 balls) as Netherlands lost half their side. The Dutch were staring at a huge defeat in their last league stage game. - 8.07 pm
It was Virat Kohli, who joined the party, this time with the ball in his hand. He dismissed rival skipper Scott Edwards (17 off 30 balls). Edwards was caught by KL Rahul as the capacity crowd at the Chinnaswamy Stadium cheered. - 7.58 pm
Sybrand Engelbrecht hits two boundaries against Ravindra Jadeja and the Indian bowlers will try to wrap up the Netherlands innings. - 7.52 pm
Virat Kohli gets a wicket as he bowls a delivery down the leg side and Scott Edwards edges it to the wicketkeeper which gets him a dismissal. - 7.42 pm
Virat Kohli also enters the bowling attack and India's star batter will now his rotate his arm for a single over. - 7.32 pm
Kuldeep and Ravindra Jadeja are troubling the Netherlands batters with the kind of turn they are getting from the surface. - 7.22 pm
Ravindra Jadeja cleans up Max O'Dowd as he bowls a jaffa which pitches on the middle stump and shatters the off-stump beating the batter on its way. - 7.11 pm
The Netherlands batters have no answers to the questions posed by Kuldeep and Ackermann gets hit on the pads. The umpire adjudged it not out but the Indian team took a DRS and the decision was overturned as a result. - 7.00 pm
Max O'Dowd hits a boundary and a six against Mohammed Shami and the Netherlands earn 10 runs from the over. - 6.45 pm
Colin Ackermann flicks a delivery down the leg side from Mohammed Shami and the duo is now building a brilliant partnership of the third wicket. - 6.33 pm
India pacer Mohammed Siraj sent back Wesley Barresi (4 off 5 balls). Barresi was caught by wicket-keeper KL Rahul, who is having a game to remember. The Netherlands lost their first wicket for five in the second over.
India have posted their second-highest World Cup total.
- Highest team totals in ODI World Cup
- 428/5 - South Africa vs Sri Lanka, Delhi 2023
- 417/6 - Australia vs Afghanistan, Perth 2015
- 413/5 - India vs Bermuda, Port of Spain 2007
- 411/4 - South Africa vs Ireland, Canberra 2015
- 410/4 - India vs Netherlands, Bengaluru, 2023
- 5.46 pm
Local boy KL Rahul missed out on being unbeaten but India have posted a massive total of 410/4 with Shreyas remaining unbeaten on 128. - 5.41 pm
KL Rahul whacks a six towards fine leg as Bas de Leede bowls a delivery down the leg and completes his century. - 5.33 pm
Paul van Meekeren bowls a slower delivery and KL Rahul clips the ball toward the square leg and the wicketkeeper batter races towards the boundary ropes. - 5.26 pm
Mumbaikar Shreyas Iyer notched up his first World Cup ton with a single taken on the final ball of the 46th over. Shreyas Iyer's ton is the first century by an Indian middle-order batter in World Cups since Suresh Raina's 110* runs against Zimbabwe at Auckland in the 2015 World Cup. - 5.08 pm
KL Rahul reaches his fifty and India are heading towards a huge total on the scoreboard with both batters playing their strokes with superb timing. - 4.58 pm
Logan van Beek conceded 12 runs in an over as the two batters are capitalising on the slog overs and India is eyeing a huge total on the scoreboard. - 4.25 pm
Shreyas Iyer completes his half-century and the Indian batters are heading taking the team towards a huge total on the scoreboard. - 4.15 pm
Shreyas Iyer is in superb form and is playing with a nice touch to garner as many boundaries as possible. - 4.00 pm
After notching up his half-century, Virat Kohli is back on his way as he tries to play a cut on a length ball outside off but the ball sneaks under his willow and the Indian ace batter misses out on a record-breaking century. - 3.27 pm
In walked batter Shreyas Iyer, who joined former skipper Virat Kohli, who was in his elements. Kohli was in his element and was looking to score his record-breaking 50th ODI ton. - 3.19 pm
It was Bas de Leede, who provided the Netherlands the much-needed breakthrough, as he got the prized scalp of rival skipper Rohit Sharma, who walked back to the pavilion, after being caught by Wesley Barresi at deep mid-wicket. The Mumbaikar Rohit made a 61 off just 54 balls and his knock was laced with eight boundaries and two maximums. - 3.10 pm
Rohit Sharma notched up his individual fifty as he kept firing on all cylinders. He notched up his 100th half-century in international cricket. The Hitman was in his elements and no sparred Netherlands bowlers. Virat Kohli has also started on a positive note. - 2.52 pm
Shubman Gill (51 off 32 balls) was dismissed after he was caught in the deep by Teja Nidamanuru. Gill was dismissed by Paul van Meekeren in the 12th over. Shubman Gill, who represents Punjab in the domestic circuit, hit three fours and four maximums. - 2.42 pm
India completes team hundred. Shubman Gill and notched up his individual fifty in just 30 balls as he was firing on all cylinders. - 2.36 pm
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill have pummeled the Netherlands attack to submission and it is raining sixes and boundaries at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. - 2.16 pm
The Indian openers continue to toy with the opposition bowlers as Rohit is taking them to the cleaners. - 2.08 pm
Shubman Gill joins the hitting party as he whacks a 95-meter six against Aryan Dutt while dancing down the track. - 2.04 pm
Rohit Sharma smashed two boundaries against Aryan Dutt and India are off to a blistering start as expected in the crucial game against the Netherlands.
India won the coin toss and Rohit Sharma elected to bat first.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj.
Netherlands (Playing XI): Wesley Barresi, Max ODowd, Colin Ackermann, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards(w/c), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Aryan Dutt, Paul van Meekeren.
